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Re: return bultin ignores explicit exit value when used in DEBUG trap
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: return bultin ignores explicit exit value when used in DEBUG trap |
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Thu, 26 Nov 2015 17:44:01 -0500 |
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On 11/19/15 2:06 AM, Grisha Levit wrote:
> Not sure if this is a documentation bug or a functional one, but the man page
> does not seem to agree with the observed behavior for return when invoked in
> DEBUG traps.
Thanks for the report. The internal trap handler used for DEBUG and other
signals the shell treats specially needed to pick up the argument supplied
to `return' as well as noting `return' was called.
This affects the DEBUG, RETURN, and ERROR traps.
Chet
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